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Socotra
Socotra
( ), also spelled
Soqotra
, is an island and a small
archipelago
of four islands in the
Indian Ocean
. Socotra is part of
Yemen
. It had long been a part of the
Aden Governorate
. In 2004 it became attached to the
Hadhramaut Governorate
, which is much closer to the island than Aden (although the nearest governorate was the
Al Mahrah Governorate
). In 2013, the archipelago became
its own governorate
.
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